Diamond days

If there’s one thing Guernsey does well, it’s celebrations. And there are plenty to look forward to during the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday. Here’s our guide to what’s happening – read on, and prepare to party...

If there’s one thing Guernsey does well, it’s celebrations. And there are plenty to look forward to during the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday. Here’s our guide to what’s happening – read on, and prepare to party...

For once, we haven’t had to take down our reams of red, white and blue after Liberation Day. We have left the Union flags flapping and the bunting flying for further celebrations – the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

From street parties and church services to torchlight processions and our part of the national beacon chain, Guernsey is immersing itself in patriotic revelry.

SATURDAY 2 JUNE

8am – Commonwealth Flags Mast Ceremony.

The raising of the national flag of each of the 54 nations of the Commonwealth at Weighbridge Roundabout, St Peter Port.

10.30am – Celebration Church Service with Churches Together at Town Church.